rocko52286

Posted 04 June 2010 - 06:50 PM

The problem is someone will try to convince you that they know the answer no matter the question. Be wary of those who believe in a neat little world, cause itís just f* crazy, you know that it is. -Dave Matthews

PODPIMP

Posted 29 August 2010 - 05:11 PM

PODPIMP

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Rockaway Beach

Where are all of the pics? Here's mine with no skimmer, just small daily water changes and a large weekly.

Very nice tank and great example that a nice tank can be done skimerless. You use frequent water change to export wastes, some use fuges/scrubbers, chemical media ect.. Bottom line is waste must be exported. I just choose to plug in a bad-a$$ skimmer and let it do the work for me.

badwolf

Posted 18 January 2011 - 07:53 PM

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No skimmer here I been running 2+ years and ran a skimmer for one week in all that time. That was about 18 month ago and the damn thing drove me crazy with the constanst ajustmants the noise and the micro bubbles.

My reef gets along fine without it and I don't add or have to add other products to the tank either as the weekly water changes are enough to keep them right.

I seem to be averaging about a bucket of salt a year and have my own RO unit so the water changes aren't expensive to do anyway. Why should I put up with a skimmer?